The race, in three figures
Field beaten
86%
Runs
82%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−2:49
v median
71/633
Rank
Biggest loss
200m Farmers Carry
−0:21
v median
151/633
Rank
The race, in words
Michelle Smith took 3rd of 29 in the 50–54 age group at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:32:40.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:49 on the median.
The field ran 7:39 faster at Johannesburg 2026 than at Johannesburg 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:31Running 1 7:19v median −1:17
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 4:37v median −1:08
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:07v median −0:55
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Block 04 12:59Running 4 4:59v median −1:07
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 4:57v median −1:16
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:04v median −1:07
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 5:10v median −0:58
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Block 08 13:11Running 8 7:30v median −2:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:59
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:45
0:30
0:15
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:50
0:23
0:27
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:51
0:17
0:34
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:13
0:17
0:56
B5 · 1000m Row
0:57
0:02
0:55
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:34
0:30
1:04
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:50
0:20
1:30
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 627
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 627 women who finished.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 22:38 ahead
Elsewhere
Other races by Michelle Smith
Source Unofficial
Event
Johannesburg 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI165B
Measured against
Women · n = 633